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  • High Blood Pressure Ups Dementia Risk

    Patiala :While hypertension or high blood pressure links with diseases like diabetes and heart diseases are well established, doctors are now finding that it also leads to other conditions like dementia. Supporting earlier researches further, a recent International study revealed that early brain damage is caused by hypertension, which canlead to early onset of dementia. […]

    US HealthCenter and TimiCoin/TimiHealth Pilot Blockchain Tokenized Member Incentives Enhancing PredictiMed’s Advanced Incentive Models

    AUSTIN, TX. :Timicoin/TimiHealth(www.timicoin.io) the leader in the tokenization of healthcare announced a joint partnership with US HealthCenter and PredictiMed that is designed to focus on the capabilities of a blockchain tokenized hybrid rewards program.   TimiHealth enhances US HealthCenter’s mission is to improve people’s health and reduce healthcare cost by providing industry leading health management […]

    Arrival of Monsoon a Welcome Sign but Doctors Warn Against Rising Infections

      Patiala : Monsoon is a time of enjoying rainfall and light cool breeze, with a hot cup of tea and some lip smacking snacks, and with some retro music playing on the background. However, with heavy rainfall come a host of problems in Indian cities and villages, beginning with water logging and floods and […]

    Leading West Michigan Interventional Cardiologists Form New Practice

    Grand Rapids, Michigan : Leading West Michigan interventional cardiologists Dr. Jihad Mustapha and Dr. Fadi Saab have partnered to launch Advanced Cardiac & Vascular Amputation Prevention Centers in Grand Rapids.   Widely known as “The Leg Savers,” they have been joined by Dr. Syed Alam, a leading vascular surgeon from Kalamazoo, and Elizabeth Sayers, physician […]

    Morality rate three times higher in Indians with diabetes compared to Indians without diabetes states MDRF CURES 2018

      By Sachin Murdeshwar Mumbai : Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) has published yet another breakthrough study report focusing solely on the morality rates among Indians with and without diabetes. A brainchild of Dr. R M Anjana, ** and her team, the study- Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES), reports on the mortality rates based […]

    Working in night shifts may up heart disease and cancer risk: Study

    Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have found that working in night shifts increases risk of developing obesity and diabetes, which may lead to heart diseases, stroke and cancer. The research, undertaken by scientists from Washington State University (WSU) in the US, dispelled the belief that the day-night cycle of the body is driven by […]

    Ketogenic diet may improve efficacy of cancer drugs

    A ketogenic diet, which is low in carbohydrates and high in fat, may improve the effectiveness of an emerging class of cancer drugs, scientists, including one of Indian origin, have found. A study, published in the journal Nature, found a strategy to boost the tumour-killing potential of therapies targeted on the insulin-activated enzyme, phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase […]

    Eisai: Results from Two Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Chronic Constipation Treatment “GOOFICE 5mg Tablet” Published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

    TOKYO : Eisai Co., Ltd., Eisai’s subsidiary for gastrointestinal diseases EA Pharma Co., Ltd. and Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announce that results from two phase 3 clinical trials (a 2-week double-blind placebo-controlled phase 3 trial and an open-label single-arm 52-week long-term phase 3 trial) for the bile acid transporter inhibitor “GOOFICE 5mg Tablet” (nonproprietary name: […]

    Narayana Health City Performs Karnataka’s First Double Lung Transplant

    Bengaluru : Doctors at Narayana Health City gives a new lease of life to a 28 year old young man by conducting a double lung transplant. The transplant makes Narayana Health City the first hospital in the state to successfully conduct a double lung transplant. Hailing from Thrissur, Kerala, Sudeesh MV was a construction worker […]

    Dr.V.Mohan, the First Indian To Win Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes

    Bangalore: Dr. V. Mohan, Chairman and Chief of Diabetology at Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre and President & Chief of Diabetes Research of the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation has been conferred the prestigious Harold Rifkin Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes Award by the American Diabetes Association (ADA).Dr. Mohan is the first Indian […]